diff --git a/manifests/api.pp b/manifests/api.pp
index bb58e910..26dc0b38 100644
--- a/manifests/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/api.pp
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 #   (required) Password used to authentication.
 #
 # [*package_ensure*]
-#   (optional) Ensure state for package. Defaults to 'present'.
+#   (optional) Ensure state for package. On RedHat platforms this
+#   setting is ignored and the setting from the glance class is used
+#   because there is only one glance package. Defaults to 'present'.
 #
 # [*verbose*]
 #   (optional) Rather to log the glance api service at verbose level.
@@ -237,12 +239,14 @@ class glance::api(
     warning('The mysql_module parameter is deprecated. The latest 2.x mysql module will be used.')
   }
 
-  ensure_packages([$glance::params::api_package_name],
-    {
-      ensure => $package_ensure,
-      tag    => ['openstack'],
-    }
-  )
+  if ( $glance::params::api_package_name != $glance::params::registry_package_name ) {
+    ensure_packages([$glance::params::api_package_name],
+      {
+        ensure => $package_ensure,
+        tag    => ['openstack'],
+      }
+    )
+  }
 
   Package[$glance::params::api_package_name] -> File['/etc/glance/']
   Package[$glance::params::api_package_name] -> Class['glance::policy']
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 5dec9033..3b104225 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -2,7 +2,16 @@
 #
 # base glance config.
 #
-class glance {
+# === parameters:
+#
+#  [*package_ensure*]
+#    (Optional) Ensure state for package. On Ubuntu this setting
+#    is ignored since Ubuntu has separate API and registry packages.
+#    Defaults to 'present'
+#
+class glance(
+  $package_ensure = 'present'
+) {
 
   include ::glance::params
 
@@ -12,4 +21,12 @@ class glance {
     group  => 'root',
     mode   => '0770',
   }
+
+  if ( $glance::params::api_package_name == $glance::params::registry_package_name ) {
+    package { $glance::params::api_package_name :
+      ensure => $package_ensure,
+      name   => $::glance::params::package_name,
+      tag    => ['openstack'],
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 8be763a1..61df5b8d 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ class glance::params {
 
   case $::osfamily {
     'RedHat': {
-      $api_package_name      = 'openstack-glance-api'
-      $registry_package_name = 'openstack-glance-registry'
+      $api_package_name      = 'openstack-glance'
+      $registry_package_name = 'openstack-glance'
       $api_service_name      = 'openstack-glance-api'
       $registry_service_name = 'openstack-glance-registry'
       $db_sync_command       = 'glance-manage --config-file=/etc/glance/glance-registry.conf db_sync'
diff --git a/manifests/registry.pp b/manifests/registry.pp
index e11a9b08..b30d7f56 100644
--- a/manifests/registry.pp
+++ b/manifests/registry.pp
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 #    (required) The keystone password for administrative user
 #
 #  [*package_ensure*]
-#    (optional) Ensure state for package. Defaults to 'present'.
+#    (optional) Ensure state for package. Defaults to 'present'.  On RedHat
+#    platforms this setting is ignored and the setting from the glance class is
+#    used because there is only one glance package.
 #
 #  [*verbose*]
 #    (optional) Enable verbose logs (true|false). Defaults to false.
@@ -160,12 +162,14 @@ class glance::registry(
     warning('The mysql_module parameter is deprecated. The latest 2.x mysql module will be used.')
   }
 
-  ensure_packages( [$glance::params::registry_package_name],
-    {
-      ensure => $package_ensure,
-      tag    => ['openstack'],
-    }
-  )
+  if ( $glance::params::api_package_name != $glance::params::registry_package_name ) {
+    ensure_packages( [$glance::params::registry_package_name],
+      {
+        ensure => $package_ensure,
+        tag    => ['openstack'],
+      }
+    )
+  }
 
   Package[$glance::params::registry_package_name] -> File['/etc/glance/']
   Package[$glance::params::registry_package_name] -> Glance_registry_config<||>
diff --git a/spec/classes/glance_api_spec.rb b/spec/classes/glance_api_spec.rb
index f796b490..bdac287a 100644
--- a/spec/classes/glance_api_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/glance_api_spec.rb
@@ -434,6 +434,8 @@ describe 'glance::api' do
     end
     let(:params) { default_params }
 
+    # We only test this on Debian platforms, since on RedHat there isn't a
+    # separate package for glance API.
     ['present', 'latest'].each do |package_ensure|
       context "with package_ensure '#{package_ensure}'" do
         let(:params) { default_params.merge({ :package_ensure => package_ensure }) }
@@ -451,15 +453,9 @@ describe 'glance::api' do
     end
     let(:params) { default_params }
 
-    ['present', 'latest'].each do |package_ensure|
-      context "with package_ensure '#{package_ensure}'" do
-        let(:params) { default_params.merge({ :package_ensure => package_ensure }) }
-        it { is_expected.to contain_package('openstack-glance-api').with(
-            :ensure => package_ensure,
-            :tag    => ['openstack']
-        )}
-      end
-    end
+    it { is_expected.to contain_package('openstack-glance').with(
+        :tag => ['openstack'],
+    )}
   end
 
   describe 'on unknown platforms' do
diff --git a/spec/classes/glance_cache_cleaner_spec.rb b/spec/classes/glance_cache_cleaner_spec.rb
index 6f9c34f8..ccb87845 100644
--- a/spec/classes/glance_cache_cleaner_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/glance_cache_cleaner_spec.rb
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ describe 'glance::cache::cleaner' do
       { :osfamily => 'RedHat' }
     end
     include_examples 'glance cache cleaner'
-    it { is_expected.to contain_cron('glance-cache-cleaner').with(:require     => 'Package[openstack-glance-api]')}
+    it { is_expected.to contain_cron('glance-cache-cleaner').with(:require     => 'Package[openstack-glance]')}
   end
 
 end
diff --git a/spec/classes/glance_cache_pruner_spec.rb b/spec/classes/glance_cache_pruner_spec.rb
index cc58932e..1d08b33f 100644
--- a/spec/classes/glance_cache_pruner_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/glance_cache_pruner_spec.rb
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ describe 'glance::cache::pruner' do
       { :osfamily => 'RedHat' }
     end
     include_examples 'glance cache pruner'
-    it { is_expected.to contain_cron('glance-cache-pruner').with(:require     => 'Package[openstack-glance-api]')}
+    it { is_expected.to contain_cron('glance-cache-pruner').with(:require     => 'Package[openstack-glance]')}
   end
 
 end
diff --git a/spec/classes/glance_registry_spec.rb b/spec/classes/glance_registry_spec.rb
index 34e3ae26..2bb888ca 100644
--- a/spec/classes/glance_registry_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/glance_registry_spec.rb
@@ -347,6 +347,8 @@ describe 'glance::registry' do
       { :osfamily => 'Debian' }
     end
 
+    # We only test this on Debian platforms, since on RedHat there isn't a
+    # separate package for glance registry.
     ['present', 'latest'].each do |package_ensure|
       context "with package_ensure '#{package_ensure}'" do
         let(:params) { default_params.merge({ :package_ensure => package_ensure }) }
@@ -364,16 +366,7 @@ describe 'glance::registry' do
     end
     let(:params) { default_params }
 
-    ['present', 'latest'].each do |package_ensure|
-      context "with package_ensure '#{package_ensure}'" do
-        let(:params) { default_params.merge({ :package_ensure => package_ensure }) }
-        it { is_expected.to contain_package('openstack-glance-registry').with(
-            :ensure => package_ensure,
-            :tag    => ['openstack']
-        )}
-      end
-    end
-
+    it { is_expected.to contain_package('openstack-glance')}
   end
 
   describe 'on unknown platforms' do
diff --git a/spec/classes/glance_spec.rb b/spec/classes/glance_spec.rb
index 968b6976..075cec5e 100644
--- a/spec/classes/glance_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/glance_spec.rb
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ describe 'glance' do
     end
     let(:params) { default_params }
 
-    it { is_expected.to_not contain_package('openstack-glance') }
+    it { is_expected.to contain_package('openstack-glance').with(
+        :tag => ['openstack'],
+    )}
   end
 
 end